Notice of Utility Tariff Filing

The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that on February 13, 2015, Matanuska Electric Association, Inc. (MEA), an electric utility, filed tariff revision TA451-18, seeking Commission approval to add economy energy sales to its tariff and to add the net of those sales to its Cost of Power Adjustment as a new cost element. MEA proposes the following conditions for the economy energy transactions:

• Transactions will be only available to utilities having generation capacity to assume their load upon termination of the transaction.
• Transactions will be offered on a "when, as and if” available basis and shall be interruptible at MEA's sole discretion and would not include associated reserves.
• The custody transfer point for economy energy will be at such a location as agreed to between buyer and seller.
• The rate for economy energy shall be determined on a case-by-case basis as agreed between MEA and the buyer, provided that the rate shall be between MEA's incremental energy cost and buyer's decremental energy cost as described below:
  • MEA's Incremental Energy Cost: The total additional fuel and variable operations and maintenance (O&M) and delivery costs, including start-up costs if a unit is started for the transaction.
  • Buyer's Decremental Energy Cost: The total fuel and variable O&M savings from the transaction as measured by the costs avoided by the buyer from not operating its own resources. The decremental energy cost for a unit which would not operate as a result of the economy energy transaction is the average cost of power during the period of the transaction for that unit if it had been used to produce the energy purchased as economy energy.

Additionally, MEA proposes a late payment charge specific to economy energy sales, whereby the total invoiced amount will be increased one percent per month on invoices unpaid after 25 calendar days from the date the bill for economy energy sales was rendered. 

This notice does not contain every pertinent revision or request associated with this filing. The Commission may approve a rate or classification which varies from that proposed.  You may obtain more information about this filing by contacting MEA at P. O. Box 2929, Palmer, AK 99645; phone: (907) 745-3231. The complete filing is also available for inspection at the Commission's office, at 701 West 8^th Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK 99501; phone: (907) 276-6222, or may be viewed at the Commission’s website at http://rca.alaska.gov by typing Docket “TA451-18” in the Find a Matter search box. 

To comment on this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., March 13, 2015, at the Commission address given above or via our website at: 

https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx

Please reference TA451-18 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with MEA at its address given above or by email at tariff-comment@matanuska.com. 

Individuals or groups of people with disabilities, who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids or service, or alternative communication formats, please contact Joyce McGowan at (907) 276-6222, toll-free at 1-800-390-2782, or TTY (907) 276-4533 or send a request via electronic mail to rca.mail@alaska.gov by March 6, 2015. 

DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 20^th day of February, 2015. 

REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA

James A. Keen

Engineering Section Manager